Levites: Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai

The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers. …

But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying, …

“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,

…men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari. …

The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000. …